AdvertisementThe president has baselessly accused the state of harboring thousands of violent undocumented immigrants, calling them the “worst of the worst.”Against a backdrop of protests against the influx, federal agents have shot dead two U.S. citizens ― 37-year-old Renee Good and Alex Pretti, also 37 ― in separate incidents. On Wednesday, the Trump administration announced it is scaling back immigration operations around Minnesota by withdrawing about 700 of the roughly 3,000 federal officers sent to the state. AdvertisementSpeaking to NBC News later that day, Trump admitted he could have adopted “a little bit of a softer touch” in the region. wow -- with Trump standing behind him, a man (not sure who he is) offers this prayer: "We pray that he would be mindful of the poor and that he would be invested in the alleviation of suffering happening in the families preparing to bury their loved ones in Minneapolis." pic.twitter.com/toJk9vIboF — Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) February 5, 2026

Source: Huffington Post February 06, 2026 00:57 UTC